Gate latch



' Nov. 20, 1951 J; KMGHT 2,575,420

GATE LATCH Filed Feb. 4, 1949 INVENTOR. Zm d KA /ear BY %'%%a/A%2mz rm ATTORNEYS iatented Nov. 20, 1951 3'2 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE V na'r'ii 1 they ,I'; ihi 'ht, eoliieii mi Application February 4, 1943i, Serial No. 24,543

2 omit-it; (c1, 292 204) v This invention relates to agate latch; more particularly to a latch for a gate which may be swung about a hinge post for abutting engage-- ment with. the side of a latch post.

It is an object of this invention to provide a gate latch of the kind to be more particularly de-- scrihed herein-after for securing a gate inthe cl'esed position in abutment with the latch post. The gate' latch isparticularly adapted for use with gates which may be supported on-th-e hinge post fer swinging movement for abutment with either side of the latchpost.

Another object of this inv'ention is to provide agate latch of this kind which is mounted on the latch post for vertical sliding movement, being fric-tionally engaged with the mounting m '11s for frictionally securing the latch in a selectedvertical position.- 7 v semen-ether object of this inventioni's to provide a gate latch of this kind liav1-ng swing: ably mounted on a horizontal pin or bar for vertical swinging movement, and so mounted on the bar that the locking arms may tie-swung about the rod for engagement thereon in a position pposite from an original pos tion. The

ldelting members are mounted on th'e bar for swinging-movement in a'Q'O" are, from a-locking to an open position, and the are or path of move me t of each of the locking members may be moved 180 from the original path o movem it.-

With the above and other ohieets 'ii view, my

invention consists in the arrangement, combinathan and details of construction disclosed the drawings and speiflcation, and then mere par ticularltv' pointed out in the appended l'a iinsl In the drawings- 2 Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate, having a gate latch constructed according to an embodimerit of my invention; v

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the gate latch "-removed from the latch post.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section; partly broken away, taken on the line 3-=3 of Figure 1. ig ure' i is a vertical section taken on the line 4-'-4 'of Figure 2-- e- Figure 5 is a side elevation of the gate 1 ch,

withboth of the locking members in the ieeiihg position. r

Figurefi is a verticals'ec't'ior'i taken on the line S QQI Figure 3;

gure '7 is a side elevation; partly brokenaway; of the tubular member removed from the assembly.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral I ll designates generally a gate which is hingedly supported at one end on a fixed gate post H. The gate Ill is hingedly mounted on the post II by an upper and lower hinge l2, and the outer or free end of the gage I0 is adapted to abut one side of a latch post M. A latch l5, constructed wane and Within which a pin 29, fixed oh the 'bra'eket s having a verticall extending erhi or bar IT which is adapted to be Secured on the post id spaced inwardly therefrom. An outwardly extending arm I8 is fixed to or formed on the opposite ends of the tar; H, and anoutturned flange f9 extendsloutwardly' from the outer end of the arms IS. The flanges f9 are formed with" a central pen ng 20' therein through which a bolt or other suitable fastening device" 'may' be engaged for securing the bracket [6 to the upper end of the l'at chpost M. A plate 1' overlies the outer surface of the rod or arm lLanda second plate 22 engages the inner side of the arm n opposite trend the plate 2|.

plate 2! and threa'dedly engage the plate 22, said.

bolts extending through the plates 2| and 22 outwardly from the side edges of the er I1. A nut 25' is thread'ably engaged on the inner en'q of the bolts 24' for clamping the plates 2| and 22 together in frictional engagement with the bar IT.

A tubular bar or rod 26 is fixed to the outer plate 2! and extends horizontally outwardly from 'the'pfiilidsite sides thereof. The bar 26 may be secured to'the outer plate 2| by welding or other suitable fastening: means ,Since the plates 21, 22 may be brought into and out of clamping en gagenientwith the opposed side faces of the be? 11 of the bracket It by ieans or the bolts 25, the tubular rod 26 may be selectively adjusted in 5 positions longitudinally fof the post 14 wit 1n the limits 'pre cribed by the length of the bar fiiof the bracket It. In each position the rod2'6 clamped into a fixed position by means of the cooperating plates 2|, 22. p

Aftuhmar member 21 i i'otatamy mounted on the bracket IS. The outer en of the tubular member. 21 formed with diametrically disposed cutout portions 28 each having "opposed bounding outer ends of the red 26 "may be engaged with the bounding walls of each cutout for limiting the rocking movement of the tubular member 21.

The side edges of the cutout portions Zaare. adapted to engage the fi-xed pin 29 for limitingthe rocking movement of the tubular member 21 to v9.0";

The tubular member 2"! is slidably mounted on of a washer 32 which abuts the inner end of the tubular member 21.

The tubular member 21 when engaged on the rod 26, is normally disposed outwardly from the side edges of the latch post 14, being spring pressed into engagement with the stop pin 29, carried by the outer end of the rod 26.

A U-shaped locking arm 34 is fixed on the outer end of the tubular member 21 extending radially therefrom. The radially extending side arms 35 of the U-shaped member 34 are fixed to the tubular member 21 at their inner ends, and the bight portion 36 is fixed to the outer ends of the arms 35. In the normal position of the looking member 34, the innermost of the side arms 35 will be disposed outwardly'from the side wall of the latch post 14, so that when the gate ill is in the locked'position, the inner side of the gate will abut the outer wall of the'latch post l4 and the inner arm 35 of the locking member 36 will engage the outer side of the gate for clamping the gate between the outer side of the gate post (4 and the innermost arm 35 A handle 31 is fixed to the tubular or cylindrical member 21, on the opposite side thereof from the locking arm 34. The handle 31 is formed of an elongated rod extending radially outwardly from the tubular member 21 and may be disposed inwardly from the locking member 34. In the open position of the latch 15, the locking member 34 and handle 31 will be disposed in a substantially horizontal plane, and in the locking position of the latch 15 the locking bar 34 will depend from the lower side of the tubular member 21' and the handle 31 will extend vertically upwardly therefrom.

In the use and operation of the gate latch l5, described above, the gate I3 is initially moved to a closed position whereupon the extreme outer end of the gate will abut one side of the latch post 14. The latch IE will be slidably adjusted along the bracket l6 so that the rod 26 and tubular members 21 will be disposed immediately above the upper edge of the horizontal bar of the gate. When the locking members 35 are disposed in a downwardly extendingrelation to the shaft or rod 26, the inner arm 35 of the locking member will engage the outer surface of the gate Ill for limiting the outward swinging movement thereof. The inner surface of the gate (0 will engage the outer surface of the latch post I4 so that the gate is clamped between the locking member 34 and the gate post I l. The same latch l5 may be used on the gate pin when the gate pin is loosened from the hinge connection with the hinge post i I for swinging movement on the other side of the latch post I4.

, movement thereof 4 bular member circumposed about said rod adjacent one end thereof and rotatably and slidably supported on said rod, said tubular member being provided with opposed cutouts on the end contiguous to said one end of said rod, each of said cutouts having opposed bounding walls, stop means arranged transversely of and carried by said rod adjacent said one end thereof and engageabie with the opposed bounding walls of each of said cutouts on said tubular member for limiting the rotary movement of the latter, resilient means circumposed upon said rod inwardly of said tubular member and having one end fixedly secured to said rod and having the other end bearing against the other end of said tubular member for slidably urging said tubular member into engagement with said stop means, and a locking arm dependingly supported from said tu-- bular member and movable upon rotary movement of said tubular member into abutting engagement with the face of said gate remote from said post. "1 2. A latch for looking a gate to a gate post com- 1 prising a vertically disposed bracket adapted to be secured to the inner face of said post adjacent the top thereof, a rod secured transversely of said bracket and adapted to overlie said gate, a tubular member circumposed about said rod ad-. jacent one end thereof and rotatably and slidably supported on said rod, said tubular member being provided with opposed cutouts on the end contiguous to said one end of said rod, each of said cutouts having opposed bounding walls, stop means arranged transversely of and carried by said rod adjacent saidone end thereof and engageable with the opposed bounding walls of each of said cutoutson said tubular member for limiting the rotary movement of the latter, resilient means circumposed about said rod inwardly of e said tubular member and having-one end fixedly secured to said rod and having the other end bearing against the other end of said tubular member for slidably urging said tubular mem---- ber into engagement with said stop means, a locking arm dependingly supporting from said tubular member and movable upon rotary move-- ment of said tubular member intoabutting engagement with the face of said-gate remote from said post, and hand actuable means carried by;- said tubular member for effecting the rotary TROY J.- KNIGHT.

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